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On April 6, 2010, the School of the Arts, Media and Culture (SAMC) was launched in Freedom Hall, in the Robert N. Thompson Building.Prior to that, the Department of Music at Trinity Western University belonged to the Faculty of Professional Studies and Performing Arts.Prof. Linda Schwartz, Dean (ca. 2002 - 2006)David Squires, Interim Dean (2006 - 2007)David Squires, Dean (2007 - )

PurposeThe mission of the Faculty of Professional Studiesand Performing Arts is to produce competent andcompassionate servant leaders with thoroughlyChristian minds who will “act justly, love mercy,and walk humbly with their God.” While graduatesfrom this Faculty are expected to enter many kindsof professions and assume various positions ofleadership within society, they are also expected tocherish the abilities which make humans unique inGod’s creation such as the capacities for speech andwritten communication, artistic creativity andperformance, and the transmission of culture fromgeneration to generation.

Department of MusicDr. Jon Thompson, Coordinator (Chair since ca. 2000)The Department of Music offers a major in Music, leading to a B.A. degree, as well as a concentration and minor. Major in Music, B.A. Degree.

In addition to taking a required core of theory, history, and applied music courses, students must select one of three options:1. General Music prepares students for advancedprofessional training or a variety of musicalcareers such as media work, library work, andjournalism.2. Music Education, especially when taken inconjunction with Education at Trinity WesternUniversity, helps to prepare students for careersin private or public school teaching.3. Performance prepares students for careers inthe performing arts and/or private musicinstruction. This option is normally availableto students whose primary instrument is pianoor voice, who demonstrate exceptionalpotential as performers during the first twoyears, and who are recommended to theDepartment coordinator by their instructor topursue this option.Source: http://www.twu.ca/academics/calendar/2006-2007.aspx

Music Faculty at TrinityAccording to the 1963 Pillar yearbook, the college choir and men's quartet were led by Benno and Marjorie Friesen. The Friesens served in a similar capacity in 1963/1964. The following year Donald Jenkins joined the faculty, taking primary responsibility for the school's choir and various ensembles. In 1969, Marge Friesen returned as an Instructor in Music, joining Don Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Music. Robert Snyder was added to the Music department in 1970, also as an Assistant Professor. In 1972, Mrs. Friesen's job title was changed to Lecturer in Music. It appears that while Jenkins continued to direct the school choir until ca. 1973, Snyder provided oversight for various instrumental groups, including a brass band.

In 1973 David Rushton came to Trinity, and assumed responsibility for the school choir. The 1975 yearbook lists only Rushton and Snyder as comprising the Music department. In 1976, the practice of hiring voice and instrumental instructors to teach private lessons began, with Gloria Doubleday and Frank Lacey joining the department. In 1979 Jenkins returned to Trinity, possibly to provide private music instruction to students. He left again in 1980 or 1981. Robert Snyder appears to have retired after 1980.In 1980 Phil Jenion joined the department on a part-time basis, providing oversight to vocal ensembles. (Later he became head of Extension Ministries, reporting to Student Life.)From 1980 to 1981, Kerry Grant served as department Chair; he left the school after serving one year.

David Squires and Wes Janzen joined Rushton in 1981 or 1982, with Squires overseeing the band program and Janzen the choral program.In 1983 the first B.A. degress in music were granted to Trinity students.Rushton served as department Chair for fourteen years, stepping down from that position ca. 2000.In 1989 Jon Thompson, Trinity alumnus, joined the department as part-time Instructor in Music. He has served as department Chair since ca. 2000.Source: University calendars, yearbooks, and interview with David Rushton (July 28, 2006)

Allan Thorpe was listed in the online faculty directory, in 2012, as Associate Professor of Music; Acting Director of Instrumental Activities; Coordinator of Private Music Lessons)

On December 5, 2013, it was announced that after 33 years, "Dr. Wes Janzen, Director of Choral Activities, has announced that he will be leaving TWU at the end of this academic year. Wes and his wife Kim are following God’s calling to full time service with Music Mission Kiev: Wes as President of Music Mission Kiev and Principal Conductor of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and Kim as Associate Director of Outreach Ministries."

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Fonds consists of records documenting the decisions and activities of the Music Department at Trinity, and consists primarily of programs for various musical performances, posters, and limited runs of departmental meetings.

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See also David Rushton's dissertation, "The Music Program at Trinity Western University," in the library collection. Call number: MT 4.L36 T752 1993